The only rules and limits are those we set for ourselves.
TIM FERRISSJust as modern man consumes both too many calories and calories of no nutritional value, information workers eat data both in excess and from the wrong sources.
More Tim Ferriss Quotes
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When you try to do something big its hard to fail completely.
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To do the impossible, you need to ignore the popular.
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Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important.
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What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.
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If only I had more money is the easiest way to postpone the intense self-examination and decision-making necessary to create a life of enjoyment – now and not later.
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The question you should be asking isn’t, “What do I want?” or “What are my goals?” but “What would excite me?
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The best way to improve mental performance, is to improve physical performance
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Dreamlining is so named because it applies timelines to what most would consider dreams.
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Luxury, to me, is not owning a lot of stuff. Luxury, to me, is feeling unrushed.
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Being selective-doing less-is the path of the productive. Focus on the important few and ignore the rest.
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Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can’t do great things, so they aim for mediocrity.
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Uncertainty and the prospect of failure can be very scary noises in the shadows. Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.
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Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of mental laziness-lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.
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If you don’t have time, the truth is, you don’t have priorities. Think harder; don’t work harder.
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Emphasize strengths, don’t fix weaknesses.
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Luxury is feeling unrushed. It is designing a life that allows you to do what you want with high leverage, with many options, all while feeling unrushed.
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If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.
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You can lose money and make it back, you can’t do that with time.
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Age doesn’t matter. An open mind does.
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Focus on impact, not approval. If you believe you can change the world, which I hope you do, do what you believe is right and expect resistance and expect attackers. Keep calm and carry on!
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Learn to be difficult when it counts. In school as in life, having a reputation for being assertive will help you receive preferential treatment without having to beg or fight for it every time.
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Creating demand is hard. Filling demand is easier. Don’t create a product, then seek someone to sell it to. Find a market – define your customers – then find or develop a product for them.
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The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.
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Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!
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The way that you become world-class is… by asking good questions.
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If it’s important to you and you want to do it ‘eventually’, just do it and correct course along the way.
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